Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

a. Strike a balance

b. Keeping his balance

c. The balance of power

d. In the balance

Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

a. Mark your card

b. Mark down

c. Make your mark

d. Mark Out

Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

a. Let off steam

b. Go Off

c. Let Off

d. Off The Hook

Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

a. Passed out

b. Passed over

c. Broke down

d. Overpass

Choose the correct phrase to go with the picture above

a. Come over a cold

b. Come down with a cold

c. Come up with a cold

d. Come to a cold

Test 3 Reading Comprehension.

After this passage there are a number of questions each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think best answers the question.

On the morning of the feast we got the school ready. We built a stage of benches and wood. Mr. Robinson was in the cloakroom slicing boiled ham, where he’d been for the last three hours. Three laughing helpers were putting the meat into sandwiches. Outside John Barraclough had arrived and set up his old field kitchen. He broke sticks across his knee and filled up the boiler with water. Laid out on the wall were thirty-five teapots, freshly washed and drying in the wind. The feast was being prepared and by carrying chairs and fetching water Jack and I made ourselves useful enough to earn a free ticket each.

Punctually at six we returned to the village school. We queued up in the cold, waiting for the doors to open. When they did, it was boots and elbows, no queues we just fought our way in. The school room had been transformed with lamplight and decorations. The long tables were covered with food, cakes, brown buns and ham sandwiches. The two stoves were burning brightly. The helpers had their teapots ready.

We sat down awkwardly and stared at the food. We coughed and waited. Then the white haired priest appeared. We hurried through the prayer and then got our hands on the food and began to eat in any order. Cakes, buns ham it didn’t matter at all. We just worked from one plate to the next. Steaming brown teapots passed up and down and we were so busy that there was little time for conversation. Through the open windows we could see snow falling, it was an excellent sign. We loosened our belts and began to nod at each other. It was going to be a good year.

1. We got the school ready?

a. The morning before the feast day

b. The afternoon of the feast day

c. The morning of the feast day

d. The evening of the feast day

2. Why was Mr. Robinson in the cloakroom?

a. He wanted to laugh with his helpers

b. He wanted to wash his hands

c. There wasn’t anywhere else to cut the ham

d. He wanted to eat sandwiches and laugh

3. The thirty-five teapots were

a. Washed and drying on the wall

b. On the wall but not washed

c. Washed and dried on the wall

d. Drying on the wall but not washed

4. How did Jack and I manage to get the free tickets?

a. By stealing them

b. By fetching water and carrying chairs

c. By preparing the food

d. By carrying chairs but not fetching water

5. Jack and I returned to the school

a. Before six o’ clock when the doors were open

b. After six o’ clock when the doors were open

c. Exactly at six o’ clock when the doors were closed

d. Exactly at six o’ clock when the doors were open.

6. Inside the schoolroom

a. Everything was the same as usual

b. The food on the tables was different

c. Everything looked different because of the lights and decorations

d. The lights were decorated.

7. After we entered

a. We sat down and immediately began to eat

b. We started eating before the priest had said a prayer

c. The priest ate first

d. We waited until the priest had said a prayer then we ate.

8. We started to eat

a. From whichever plate was nearest

b. The meat first and then the cakes

c. The cakes and buns and then the meat

d. The tea and then the food

9. At the table

a. We were so busy talking we didn’t have time to eat.

b. We were talking a lot and eating a lot

c. The conversation was very interesting.

d. We were eating so much we didn’t have time to talk.

10. Because the snow was falling outside

a. Everyone felt very unhappy

b. Everyone felt the coming year would be lucky

c. Everyone nodded their heads

d. Everyone tightened their belts

Test 4 Vocabulary.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence

1. Yuk! This Salmon smells a bit.

a. tasteless b. salty c. sweet d. off

2. My grades are getting worse. Unless I …….. I will fail my exams.

a. get well b. increase c. get improved d. improve

3. His parents gave him everything he asked for. He was thoroughly ………….

a. disturbed b. spoilt c. inferior d. failed

4. John always arrives on time. He’s so …………

a. vigilant b. careful c. punctual d. late

5. I was very …………. for all the advice she gave me.

a. glad b. grateful c. pleased d. welcome

6. If you work for someone then you are ………

a. a slave. b. unemployed c. an employer d. an employee

7. She’s …………... I’m sure she’ll be very successful one day

a. very ambitious b. unreliable c. deceitful d. shifty

8. The chairman of the local council had a …….. interest in the building of a new supermarket near the town square.

a. guaranteed b. permanent c. vested d. self

9. The strong smell of garlic seemed to ……….. the whole flat.

a. pierce b. perforate c. populate d. pervade

10. After five weeks, both parties in the strike agreed that it should be settled by …………….

a. arbitration b. ballot c. adjudication d. tribunal

11. Don’t rush me I hate having to make …………. decisions.

a. sharp b. curt c. abrupt d. snap

12. She spent very little and lived a very ………… life.

a. mean b. frugal c. sparing d. extravagant

13. The accused man was proved innocent and was …………..

a. liberated b. excused c. acquitted d. interned

14. There was a very suspicious character ………… in the shadows.

a. lurking b. peeping c. peering d. awaiting

15. For a moment it was difficult to see through the …………. of the headlights.

a. shimmer b. glare c. glow d. glaze

16. We must come to a …….. soon.

a. arrangement b. plan c. decision d. preparation

17. His friends tried to ………. him from attempting the dangerous climb.

a. encourage b. discourage c. postpone d. put off

18. He felt a strange painful ………… in his back.

a. sensation b. pain c. sense d. awareness

19. After 10 years it is only natural for your furniture to show signs of ……………….

a. wear and tear b. corrosion c. decay d. worn out

20 This knife is not sharp, it is …………..

a. blunt b. sharp c. dulled d. rounded

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